OSLO (Reuters) - An oil spill similar to the one in the Gulf Mexico could easily happen in Norway, said the country's environment minister, while Statoil's chief said the Nordic oil nation could learn lessons from the accident.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The oil gushing unchecked from an undersea well in the Gulf of Mexico could permanently scar coastal lands and bring down some of the energy companies tied to the accident if efforts to control the spill are unsuccessful, experts said on Tuesday.

LONDON (Reuters) - European carbon prices continued to slide on Wednesday, dropping nearly 2 percent as lower oil and German power prices coupled with investor worries about the euro weighed on EU emissions permit futures, traders said.

( VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland ) A wide range of gluten-free cereals have been studies in detail as part of the HEALTHGRAIN project of the European Union, and their impact on product quality has been assessed. Enzyme technology, bioprocessing as well as high-pressure...

( VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland ) Bioactive compounds of cereals are concentrated in the peripheral layers of the grains (bran) but most of them have a low bio-accessibility. In the HEALTHGRAIN project of the EU, new tools for process monitoring were developed that support...

Purple bacteria seem to have the best structural solution for harvesting solar energy. A physicist thinks its cellular arrangement could be adapted for use in solar panels and other energy conversion devices to offer a more efficient way to garner energy from the sun.

Results from the U.S. Department of Defense enhanced particulate matter surveillance program (EPMSP) document that military personnel deployed in the Middle East are exposed to high concentrations of particulate matter, such as windblown dust or diesel emissions, says a new report from...

Worst-case scenarios for global warming could lead to deadly temperatures for humans in coming centuries. Researchers for the first time have calculated the highest tolerable "wet-bulb" temperature and found it could be exceeded for the first time in human history in future climate...

Early life exposure to ultraviolet A light does not cause melanoma in a fish model that previously made that connection, scientists report. UVA exposure is unlikely to have contributed to the rise in the incidence of melanoma, the researchers conclude, because the fish model had been the...

( American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists ) AAPS is pleased to present "Development of Ligand Binding Analytical Methods to Support Immunogenicity Testing: Theoretical and Practical Considerations." The focus of this course is on the development and validation of analytical...